Maoists fire at Dantewada massacre probe team

Last Updated: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 00:09

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Maoists fire at Dantewada massacre probe team

Raipur: Maoist guerrillas dressed in paramilitary fatigues Saturday fired at a team probing the Dantewada massacre in the Chintalnar forest of Chhattisgarh, near the site where 76 security personnel were brutally killed by the rebels April 6. There were no casualties.

The probe team headed by EN Rammohan, former director general of the Border Security Force, was fired upon in the Chintalnar forest, some 500 km south of capital Raipur. The firing took place nearly 4 km away from the massacre site.

The leftist rebels were reportedly dressed in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) uniforms and fired six rounds at the security team of the CRPF and state police escorting to the probe team. Officials at the police headquarters here said the firing was "a desperate attempt" by the Maoists to make their presence felt before the probe team.

"Maoists fired a few shots from a distance on the probe team," Amresh Mishra, Dantewada district superintendent of police, said over phone.

"The police guarding the team returned fire. There is no casualty or injury," he said.

Mishra said the guerrillas escaped into the forest after the exchange of fire. "It's difficult to say how many Maoists were involved in the firing," he added.

The former BSF chief reached Chhattisgarh Saturday to probe the Dantewada massacre.

The 69-year-old Rammohan met a few personnel of the 62nd battalion of the CRPF at Chintalnar in a bid to establish the sequence of events on April 6. The 75 CRPF troopers of the 76 killed that day belonged to the 62nd battalion.

Sources said the probe team returned to Jagdalpur town, headquarters of Bastar region, after visiting the massacre site.

Chhattisgarh Director General of Police Vishwa Ranjan and CRPF Special Director General Vijay Raman are also accompanying Rammohan, a 1965 batch Indian Police Service officer, who is expected to complete the probe by April 24.

He is also scheduled to interact with senior officials of the state police and the CRPF posted in the restive Bastar region to find out the exact reason for what went wrong April 6.

IANS

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First Published: Sunday, April 18, 2010, 00:09

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Bhupinder Chhibber - Sydney
Mr. Jagannathan has very rightly said about politicians like Digvijay Singh, Mamta, and Mani Shankar Iyer. This Mani Shankar had even used derogatory remarks against great freedom fighter Veer Savarkar, when he visited Andaman jail in the past. These people have been able to do so, because the people vote & elect those politicians who play vote bank politics in the name of secularism, minorities etc. Digvijay can visit terrorists’ suspects’ homes but not the CRPF martyrs. The only way to put a full stop on these politicians mouth is to defeat them in next elections. Only then, they will learn the lesson. If powerful Congress high command does not stop these party men, then it proves that Congress High command is with them. If that is the case, God save our nation. Now it will be the responsibility of Indian voters to decide, what kind of nation they want? The nation to be governed by these kind of filthy politicians who are indulging such kind of irresponsible acts or they want to be governed by the people who can deliver the effective administration without trying to fool people/minorities, in the name of vote bank. If Mamta thinks that by supporting Naxalites actions against nation, she will get safety for her party workers in next elections, then Naxalities may be smiling at her dreams.

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nabakisor dutta - kolkata
The CRPF jawans who have been killed, are from poor families .The heinous murder that occurred shold be condemned. In the same time one should realise the reason behind such violence. This is the result of corporate violence.Poor people are killing each other to fulfill the greed of foreign and indian mining barons. We geologists discovered the mining resources through extreme hard work and dedication for the benifit of the whole nation, noit for a few individuals.

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Mike Singh - USA
why indian politicians are so cheap & impotent they cant do anyting about terrorists within india & outside indians are not in right hands.Arunditi Roy & other supporters of moists they should be put behind bars with strict punishment to set an example & naxals should be finished from A-Z why indian givt. is so helpless,weak after having all the resources its on puropse to get votes but indians should stand out for themselves at least ZEENEWS should

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jagannathan - new delhi
The Government need to send Digvijay Singh, Mamta, Mani Shankara Iyer alongwith Arundati Roy amd Megha Patkar without any secuirty cover to probe the gory incidents.
These people speak for Naxals and not any one has visited the bereaved families. Dig Vijay had time to visit Azamgarh but the soldier`s families. These politicians are secularists who only want their vote bank to remain intact so that they can fool around the public. What was DigVijay`s contribution in controlling the Naxals in the erstwhile MP when he was CM of the entire Present MP and Chattisgarh. He ensure that Naxals get a form hold on the affected areas where Government writ is zero. The Government ought to have ordered these people to enquire about the incidents so that we turn these Naxals into aLTTE type of guerillas. Our childrens future are being spoiled by these unscruplous people.

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sankar - bangalore
Send Megha patkar and arundhati roy along with the investigating team.these two are parasites of the society trying gain cheap popularity